Making equity and social justice common sense.
Narrative Initiative catalyzes durable narrative change in order to make equity and social justice common sense.
We make connections between people and organizations, amplify the best tools and methodologies from an emerging field, and activate new collaborations that lead to greater alignment.
What we do:
Build network infrastructure
We make connections between people and organizations working across narrative change disciplines. This network, spanning issues and geographies, provides infrastructure for an emerging field and creates space for collaboration.
Improve narrative change practice
We amplify useful tools and methodologies from the narrative change field, making promising interventions visible to a larger group of practitioners and building skills across disciplines.
Catalyze alignment in the field
We organize strategy labs, conduct landscape assessments, and explore opportunities for greater alignment among organizations, sectors and movements in order to advance deep narrative shifts.
The work of systems change involves seeing systemically—looking at the elements, interconnections, and wider purposes of systems—and acting systemically.
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Turning collective grief into collective power
On February 24, 2021, we gathered a group of activists, healers and storytellers to speak...
Feminist political organizing offers lessons in narrative power
Feminist narratives are powering some of the most important movements of the 21st century by...
Learn with us // Resources
We agree, the term “narrative” is tossed around a lot.
How to do Intersectionality
Getting intersectional analysis right is an important piece of the narrative puzzle. Here are great examples of intersectional organizing to learn from.